# kantar
## English
### Alternative forms

* cantar, qantar

### Etymology

From Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār). Doublet of centenary and quintal.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /kənˈtɑ/

### Noun

kantar (plural kantars)
* a unit of weight used in Eastern Mediterranean countries, varying from place to place (44.93 kg in Egypt)

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* tranka

## Afar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ቅንጥር (ḳənṭər).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanˈtar/ [kʌnˈtʌɾ]
* Hyphenation: kan‧tar

### Noun

kantár m
* (Southern dialects) Synonym of kimbíxxa

#### Declension
### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kantar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kanti, Latin cantō, Italian cantare, Spanish cantar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanˈtar/

### Verb

kantar (present tense kantas, past tense kantis, future tense kantos, imperative kantez, conditional kantus)
* (transitive) to sing

#### Derived terms

* kantisto

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* cantar

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cantar (“to sing”), from Latin cantāre, frequentative of canere. Cognate with English chant.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Spain):(file)

### Noun

kantar m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קאנטאר)
* singing
** 1999, Matilda Koén-Sarano, קורס לספרדית־יהודית (לאדינו) למתקדמים‎, Merkaz Eliacher, Universidad Ben-Gurion en el Negev, page 78:Le gusta al azno su gritar, komo al bilbil su kantar.The donkey likes its shouting, as the nightingale [likes] its singing.

### Verb

kantar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קאנטאר)
* (transitive, intransitive) to sing
** 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎, Editions Vidas Largas, page 133:De Selanik, i de otras sivdas, le mandaron la romansa tal komo la kantavan dainda i ke seguia byen la traduksyon franseza.From Salonica and other cities, they instructed the ballad to one just like they were still singing it and it closely followed the French translation.

#### Conjugation
### Related terms

* kantador

### References

* 1 2 “kantar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

kantar m
* indefinite plural of kant

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkan.tar/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -antar
* Syllabification: kan‧tar

### Noun

kantar m inan
* halter (animal's headgear)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* kantar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kantar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cantharus, from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos).

#### Noun

kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)
* sea bream

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

#### Noun

kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)
* halter
* bridle

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قنطار (kantar), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).

#### Noun

kàntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀нта̄р)
* steelyard
* kantar

## Swedish
### Verb

kantar
* present indicative of kanta

### Anagrams

* kantra, kartan, tankar

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قنطار (kantar), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kan.tɐɾ/

### Noun

kantar (definite accusative kantarı, plural kantarlar)
* steelyard, or a scale in general

#### Derived terms

* kantarcı